One of the mothers of three American hikers imprisoned in Iran for 10 months said Tuesday that she and the other mothers are excited and confident as they depart for Tehran to visit their children and appeal for their release.

After four months in an Iranian prison, American journalist Roxana Saberi was savoring her first taste of freedom back in the West beaming a confident smile Friday upon touching down in Austria's capital but keeping silent about the details of her ordeal.

Iran has released from jail peace activist Ali Shakeri, the last of four Iranian-Americans imprisoned in recent months after being accused of stirring up a revolution, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.

Iran has released an Iranian-American academic who was working with a democracy advocate institute after he spent four months in a notorious prison on suspicion of trying to stir up a revolution, the official news agency reported Thursday.

Iran has released an Iranian-American academic who was working with a democracy advocate institute after he spent four months in a notorious prison on suspicion of trying to stir up a revolution, the official news agency reported Thursday.